WNBA thread… 28.5 ain’t your pay cut

I've not paid much attention to this story, other than it happened. And just looking around a bit today... good gravy. A whole lot of people who didn't know the WNBA existed a couple of months ago are all-in. And of course it's culture war crap. So many experts!

It's clearly getting clicks, so it'll last a while. And it's exposure for the league, so that's likely a win for the WNBA in the long run.

But my goodness, the amount of dumbassery is astounding.

Edit to add: When Piers Morgan weighs in, you know it's going to be fucking stupid and the horse has been beaten to death, buried, dug up and beaten again.

 

Total shock when media hires shock jock to shock and then goes a shock too far.

Shocking.

Not shocking that ESPN sucks.

 

It's taken its suckage to new depths. Have you heard that garbage on the radio???

Bring back Kornheiser's show, something like Dan Patrick did, even Mike & Mike, provided you get rid of the right Mike this time ...

The promo, "It's Greenie!!" makes me wanna lose my fuckin' lunch.

 

She needs to get in the weight room.

 

And then there's the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board that really decided to up the ante by equating Satuday's inicident to an assault.

 

Oy vey. Didn't stuff like that make the rounds several years ago with an NHL player? I think it involved hitting somebody in the head with a stick. Which might have had a germ of truth. But "assault" for an off-ball shove in a basketball game? GTFO.

 

Todd Bertuzzi?

 

That must be what I was thinking of... and obviously that was serious. And it was a 20-game suspension and a civil lawsuit settlement?

 

Only if they bring back the old mailbag theme music.

 

I haven't watched ESPN's talking head shows or listened to ESPN radio in a decade. I have no clue how Pat McAfee is. I remember the days of watching Around the Horn and PTI and listening to Cowherd and Rome. Do we really still need a'holes giving their opinion of events? Inform me of what happened.
There is nothing I love more sports wise than college football pregame and postgame shows. Those are people directly connected to the event and who were there. They give you insight.
Talking head shows are the equivalent of me giving a hot take on a ballet recital or a math contest... which is the same as a screen door on a submarine: useless.

 

There was a storyline on "30 Rock" years ago that lampooned those shows. The fictional one was "Sports Shout" and I always think of that when I come across one.

I don't watch them much, but if I'm interested in a particular topic, I'll stay for a little bit.

But yeah, I've largely lost my interest in "Sports Shout" across the board.